Terry Gross
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English
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A collection of interviews with top comedians from the award-winning NPR interviewer Terry Gross. Includes excerpts from a wide range of personalities spanning the last two decades: Al Franken, Joan Rivers, Tracey Ullman, Martin Short, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Jackie Mason, Larry David, Phyllis Diller, and more.
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English
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Drawn from 13 years of engaging, intelligent talks with actors, directors, playwrights, producers, icons, and legends.Includes interviews with Michael Caine, Clint Eastwood, James Woods, Samuel L. Jackson, David Chase, Mel Brooks, Peter Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Uta Hagen, and Werner Herzog.
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English
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Surely one of the best interviewers in any medium today, Fresh Air's Terry Gross brings 'a remarkable blend of empathy and warmth, genuine curiosity and sharp intelligence' (The San Francisco Chronicle) to this collection of interviews with contemporary screen stars.
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English
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Selected from the Fresh Air archives, this collection features interviews with personalities as diverse as religious scholars, scientists, and comedians. As in previous Fresh Air collections, Terry Gross brings out the best in her subjects. These are personal, thought-provoking conversations on contemporary spiritual thought.
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English
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Terry Gross brings out the best in the greatest minds on the planet including the funny ones. Drawn from her long-running, award-winning public radio show, this new collection features in-depth interviews with the bright, shining wits of our time. One of the nation's leading interviewers, Gross is incisive, respectful, and always well-informed. She puts her guests at ease, which makes for rewarding listening. Insights abound and the humor is unstoppable....
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HighBridge
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Terry Gross brings out the best in the greatest minds on the planet-including the funny ones. Drawn from her long-running, award-winning public radio show, this new collection features in-depth interviews with the bright, shining wits of our time. One of the nation's leading interviewers, Gross is incisive, respectful, and always well-informed. She puts her guests at ease, which makes for rewarding listening. Insights abound and the humor is unstoppable....
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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What does it take to keep Jazz Age music going strong in the 21st century? Two words: Vince Giordano -- a bandleader, musician, historian, scholar, collector, and NYC institution. For nearly 40 years, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks have brought the joyful syncopation of the 1920s and ‘30s to life with their virtuosity, vintage musical instruments, and more than 60,000 period band arrangements. This beautifully crafted documentary offers an intimate...
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A modern retelling of the Bigfoot legend is presented as a gripping journal by a woman from a high-tech Pacific Northwest community who becomes cut off from civilization by a volcanic eruption before witnessing the flight of starving humanoid beings.
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
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3 videodiscs (approximately 10 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Using DNA-analysis and traditional genealogical research, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves into the family histories and ethnic roots of celebrities from various fields.